France

The French Republic or France ({{ll|French}}: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.{{ref|overseasholdings}}

Notes and References

• {{note|overseasholdings}} For more information, see :Category:French overseas departments, territories and collectivities
• {{note|economicrank}} Rank by nominal GDP: 5 (2004); Rank by GDP per capita: 16 (2005); Rank by GDP at purchasing power parity per capita: 21 (2005).
• {{note|EEZ}} According to a different calculation cited by the Pew Research Center, the EEZ of France would be 10,084,201 km² (3,893,532 mi²), still behind the United States (12,174,629 km² / 4,700,651 mi²), and still ahead of Australia (8,980,568 km² / 3,467,416 mi²) and Russia (7,566,673 km² / 2,921,508 mi²).
• {{note|FrenchSenate2007}} {{Web reference_simple | title=Sénat - Statut des Sénateurs | URL=http://www.senat.fr/role/senate.html | date=August 31 | year=2005}} page in French without apparent English version available